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Haas to announce second driver on Friday

Gene Haas has confirmed the second Haas F1 Team driver will be named on Friday ahead of the Mexican Grand Prix.

The team has already announced Romain Grosjean will drive for the team in 2016, with the Frenchman moving across from Lotus. Grosjean is set to be partnered with Esteban Gutierrez, with Haas confirming to Sky Sports in Austin that an announcement will be made regarding the second driver in Mexico City on Friday.

Gutierrez has been selected by Ferrari, where he is currently reserve driver. Haas has entered in to a technical partnership which has seen it working closely with Ferrari in the build-up to its debut in F1 next season, with Gene Haas confirming to F1i earlier this season the team will run one driver of Ferrari's choice.

This week, Haas said the partnership with Ferrari is designed to help cement the team's position in F1.

“There is no team in Formula One more accomplished than Scuderia Ferrari, and no team with more history," Haas said. "They’ve been a part of Formula One from the beginning, and now they’ll be a part of Haas F1 Team’s beginning.

"Aligning Haas F1 Team with such a tenured and successful company in Scuderia Ferrari provides our team with the greatest opportunity for success in 2016 and beyond.”

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Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.